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Prospective owner of 85 South Hamilton defends in‑kind repairs; commission presses for curved balustrade restoration, adjourns application
Summary
Gary Meyer, the applicant for 85 South Hamilton Street, told the Historic District and Landmark Preservation Commission he used vintage materials recovered from the property to repair a failing porch balustrade and to halt leaks, but commissioners pressed for a replication of the house’s original curved, ferry‑style railing.
Gary Meyer, the applicant for 85 South Hamilton Street, told the Historic District and Landmark Preservation Commission on Thursday that he has used vintage materials recovered from the property’s barn to repair a rotted porch balustrade and to temporarily stop leaks, and that he plans broader repairs but needs time and money to replicate the historic curved railing.
The commission’s concern is whether the proposed replacement materially alters a defining feature of the house — the curved, ferry‑style bow railing on the front porch — and whether alternatives proposed are “replacement in kind.” Meyer said the original railings and posts were extensively rotted and unsafe, that he recovered a large stash of 19th‑century railing sections from the…
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